Gary Shteyngart Quotes
These Are All Good Things, I Said. But No One Knows Where Your Country Is Or Who You Are. You Don't Have A Familiar Ethnic Cuisine; Your Diaspora , From What I Understand, Is Mostly In Southern California, Three Time Zones Removed From The National Media In New York; And You Don't Have A Recognizable, Long-simmering Conflict Like The One Between The Israelis And The Palestinians, Where People In The Richer Nations Can Take Sides And Argue Over At The Dinner Table. The Best You Can Do Is Get The United Nations Involved, As In East Timor. Maybe They'll Send Troops."
"We Don't Want The United Nations" Mr. Nanabragov Said. "We Don't Want Sri Lankan Troops Patrolling Our Streets. We're Better Tan That. We Want America.
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